A section of a controversial pipeline will be replaced starting next year. Enbridge Energy says their line five beneath the St. Clair River is in the process of receiving the necessary regulatory approvals. Spokesperson Ryan Duffy says the oil pipeline will be drilled horizontally below the river between Marysville and Sarnia, with work expected to begin next fall. Meanwhile to our north, an agreement between the State of Michigan and Enbridge have been reached which would create a state-owned utility corridor in the Straits of Mackinac. The tunnel would run underneath the water between Mackinac City and St. Ignace. Duffy says that project could take up to a decade to complete and in the meantime the utility will closely monitor the existing pipeline. However many in Lansing are speculating that opponents of line five will file a lawsuit against the state’s new pipeline authority, halting its construction. Enbridge Energy’s line five runs from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario.
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